SD60M's fit the bill for new power in 1992 when Conrail ordered 74 SD60M's. Within the SD60M class is one main spotting difference; marker lights. 5500-5514 were built with FRA flush mounted marker lights until a study done within Conrail declared the protruding lights caused a safety concern. Subsequently, the remaining order, 5515-5574 were recessed.
The units were built with a 2 piece front windshield and 4 piece side windows without sun visors. The side windows are built on an easy slide track design and combined with the tinted glass provide superior crew comfort. Conrail's SD60Ms were numbered in the 5500-5574 series, with one exception: 5544.
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CR 5502 on SEFR between Bancroft and MP 130 in Middlefield, MA. on Oct. 2, 1993.
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CR 5502 on SEFR between Bancroft and MP 130 in Middlefield, MA. on Oct. 2, 1993.
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Conrail SD60M 5505 is seen leading an eastbound stack train past the Amtrak station at Depew, NY. Notice how some of the waiting passengers are sitting in the right-of-way...these people would probably sue Amtrak for not providing enough benches, and Conrail for having the nerve to operate a train on that track had they been struck by something...
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Conrail SD60M 5514 is seen leading a train on the Chicago Line in upstate New York
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SD60M 5515 takes ML482 through Westfield, MA. at William's Riding Way on Sept. 5, 1997.
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TV6 tops out behind SD60M 5520 at MP 142 in Hinsdale center, MA. on Oct. 4, 1997.
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CR 5525 has some "outside help" with TV9 along Muddy Pond in Washington, MA. on the morning of June 11, 1993.
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Conrail SD60M 5527 is seen leading an eastbound freight down Horseshoe Curve on 8/6/1995
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SD60M 5528 leads SEBO through CP 140 in Hinsdale, MA. at 05:52 on June 26, 1993.
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Conrail SD60M 5529 is still looking brand-new as she and a sister unit lead a westbound TV train through Cresson, PA in 1993.
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OOO! What have we here? Spankin' new SD60M 5529 leads a TV13X at Washington, MA. on March 20, 1993.
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Clean, shiny and fresh SD60M 5529 and sister 5528 lead TV13X past Washington depot, MA. on March 20, 1993.
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SD60M 5540 with a TV5X at MP 107 in Westfield, MA. on Jan. 2, 1999.
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Conrail SD60M 5550 is seen waiting on a K201 at Locust St in Philadelphia while a Z409 heads south on 4/27/1996
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What appears to be a spanking new SD60M 5561 leads SEBO through Bancroft, MA. on the morning of June 5, 1993.
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Conrail ML401 passing one of the last semaphores on the Southern Tier.
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Conrail 5573 pulls a string of empty hopper cars out of Conrail's Ashtabula Harbor Ohio Yard
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An empty hopper train is making its way through Berea, OH in early May of 1997. Leading the consist are CR C40-8W 6182 and CR SD60M 5565. This westbound train is just about to pass Berea tower (CP-194 Chicago Line) and has just come off Cleveland's "Short Line" or "Belt line" (as some call it). It is taking the connecting track over to the Chicago Line. Things look very different now; The start of the Indianapolis Line (in the foreground) is now the double tracked CSX main. The original GRS "Type G" signals in the picture are also gone. The Chicago Line is now NS. The connecting track is still in place and fully signaled, but has been used almost never in the last 10 years (except for occasional derailment reroutes and maintenance equip storage). The former "Big Four" sandstone depot is just to the right of the photo edge, just out of sight.
